La Befana
1821
Artist, Italian, 1781 - 1835

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 32.1 × 41.3 cm (12 5/8 × 16 1/4 in.)
sheet: 41.7 × 54.4 cm (16 7/16 × 21 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.587
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Catalogue Raisonné
Della Rocchetta 1956, no. 168, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 3, 1976; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1956
Della Rocchetta, Giovani Incisa. Bartolomeo Pinelli. Rome, 1956: no. 168, only
Inscriptions
in image, at top center: VENITE BEFANARI / CHE E VENUTA / LA BEFANA; below image, at left: Pinelli dis. e. inc.; below image, at center: La Befana Costume in Roma, il mese de Gennajo; below image, at right: Roma 1821
Wikidata ID
Q76557250